I'm neither out of my mind or BS'ing you. Stop-down metering works just fine for me. But my requirements aren't yours.
I care about TTL flash, winders are useful as well. I don't really give a flying fuck about open-aperture metering or composition. It's just not an issue for me. I don't get below f5.6 unless forced to, and at f5.6 and wider open-aperture is not an issue (in fact, several of my M42 lenses need to be stopped down 1-2 stops to focus easily due to lack of contrast wide-open. My Helios 44-2 and Kenlock 135/2.8 most notably, but even my ST 105/2.8 benefits from being stopped down a stop for focusing) And you're dreaming if you think that a M42 full-frame DSLR is ever going to be made. There's no market, most M42 shooters today are either using them as an addition to their K mount kit or mixing and matching different mounts on EOS. Neither is going to give up compatibility with their other glass to get open-aperture composition on a FF M42 DSLR for the non-cheap cost that you're going to be stuck with for full-frame. If an M42 DSLR ever happens (and I don't expect it) it will be a Voightlander Bessaflex with a 1.5x crop sony sensor in it, from Cosina. -Adam J. C. O'Connell wrote: > your out of your F%#$ing mind or totally > full of B. S. It > is WAY harder to focus and compose > accurately with the lens stopped > down all time OR to open the lens, > to focus/compose and then have > to manually stop the lens down > to compose/shoot. This is why > automatic aperture lenses were developed > in the late 50's early sixties for > nearly ALL SLR lenses of all types and brands > except a few specialty lenses where > to save money, or not possible, etc. > > SECONDLY, aperture priority AE was > possible in "old" Pentax M42 film > bodies, and still it's possible in the new > K mount ones, but only with stop down > mode like Canon which S U C K S the > big one. Thats worse than the metering > limitations of green button/KM lenses! > > The whole point of my post is NOT about > old M42 bodies anyway, its about the > future availability of a true M42 > DSLR with a M42 mount and auto aperture > M42 lens function support OF COURSE. If it > wouldnt support auto aperture M42 > lenses, there would be no point in making > one in the first place. > > jco > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Adam Maas > Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 2:37 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Pentax K 28mm f2.0 Lens > > > No, I just disagree on what is a necessary feature for easy M42 lens > use. > > I own two cameras with M42 mounts and auto-aperture caability (Chinon > CM-3 and Spotmatic SP). Almost never use the things (the CM-3 gets used > occasionally). Most of my M42 shooting is done with an old Canon Rebel > XS, which gives me a winder, Aperture Priority AE and TTL flash, along > with a superior meter readout (LED imitation match needle). I find it > far more useful for most shooting than the old M42 SLR's. > > -Adam > > J. C. O'Connell wrote: >> No, he just doesnt understand how user friendly >> automatic aperture M42 lenses can be and that >> a Canon with a M42 adapter is not even close >> to what a properly designed M42 DSLR would >> be like to use. And he DID state that all the >> Canon setup would be missing is a metering >> button of some sort - W R O N G ! >> >> jco >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf >> Of William Robb >> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 2:06 PM >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> Subject: Re: Pentax K 28mm f2.0 Lens >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Adam Maas" >> Subject: Re: Pentax K 28mm f2.0 Lens >> >> >>> I am not mistaken. I never claimed the adaptor does auto-aperture >>> (Hence >>> the note about the lack of stop-down metering switch, which also uses > >>> the auto-aperture function). >> Another case of thread hijacking? >> >> William Robb >> > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
